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David Garrick as Richard III is a painting dating from 1745 by the English artist William Hogarth.The painting shows the actor and stage manager David Garrick in the role of Richard III in Shakespeare’s play entitled Richard III. It depicts a dramatic moment in the play on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth Field. The king who had been asleep in his tent on the battlefield has just woken from a dream in which he has seen the ghosts of the victims he has previously murdered.
